A lawyer for a Ukrainian sailor detained by Russia last month while trying to pass from the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov has confirmed that all 24 Ukrainian sailors involved in the incident have been charged by Russian authorities with “illegal border crossing.”
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RFE/RL: Russia charges detained Ukrainian sailors with ‘illegal border crossing’
Paper boats are seen in front of the Russian Embassy in Kyiv late on Nov. 25, 2018, during a protest following an incident in the Black Sea off Moscow-annexed Crimea, in which three Ukrainian naval vessels were seized by a Russian border guard vessel, as the three ships were on their way through the Kerch Strait heading for the port of Mariupol.
